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1. Mozilla improves the way Firefox add-ons and extensions will collect your data

   By Karlston, April 4, 2025   

   • mozilla firefox
   • data collection
   • 1 comment
   • 1,272 views
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   • Comment by Bagels
   • April 4, 2025

2. Microsoft finally fixes a security limitation in Office for the web

   By Karlston, April 14
   • 0 comments
   • 181 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 14

3. YouTube gets more aggressive in pushing adblock warnings with countdown timer

   By Karlston, August 13, 2023   

   • youtube
   • 1 comment
   • 1,886 views
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   • Comment by jayballs
   • August 13, 2023

4. Microsoft fixed security issues on Excel, Outlook 2013 and 2016, for both 32 and 64-bit

   By Karlston, June 20, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,195 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 20, 2023

5. Microsoft: August 2023 security patches for Office, Outlook, Excel, Word, and more, are here

   By Karlston, September 13, 2023   

   • microsoft office
   • security patches
   • 0 comments
   • 1,723 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 13, 2023

6. AMD confirms firmware update for Ryzen 3000, 4000, 5000, 7000 CPUs vulnerable to Zenbleed

   By Karlston, July 25, 2023   

   • amd
   • vulnerability
   • 0 comments
   • 1,523 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 25, 2023

7. The UK could follow Australia's footsteps in banning social media for those under 16

   By Karlston, November 20, 2024   

   • social media
   • australia
   • (and 1 more)

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     • social media
     • australia
     • uk
   • 0 comments
   • 1,495 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • November 20, 2024

8. KB5028311: Microsoft released critical Windows 10 Dynamic SafeOS update for Secure Boot

   By Karlston, July 13, 2023   

   • windows 10
   • update
   • 0 comments
   • 2,007 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • July 13, 2023

9. 5 Simple cybersecurity tips you can practice in 2023

   By alf9872000, January 3, 2023
   • 0 comments
   • 1,251 views
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   • Added by alf9872000
   • January 3, 2023

10. Login credentials for millions of PayPal accounts reportedly being sold online

    By Karlston, August 19, 2025   

    • paypal
    • 0 comments
    • 536 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 19, 2025

11. UK Online Safety Bill amendment could add jail terms for social media bosses

    By aum, January 12, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,063 views
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    • Added by aum
    • January 12, 2023

12. Google will make dark web reports available to all consumer Google Account users for free

    By Karlston, July 10, 2024   

    • google
    • 0 comments
    • 898 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 10, 2024

13. Google One VPN is now available on Windows and Mac

    By Karlston, November 9, 2022   

    • google one vpn
    • 0 comments
    • 1,093 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • November 9, 2022

14. PayPal hit with $2 million fine by regulators after investigation revealed massive breach

    By Karlston, January 23, 2025   

    • paypal
    • breach
    • (and 1 more)

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      • paypal
      • breach
      • fine
    • 0 comments
    • 1,074 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 23, 2025

15. Cybercriminals are now exploiting OneNote to spread malware

    By Karlston, January 23, 2023   

    • microsoft onenote
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,727 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 23, 2023

16. Microsoft researchers leak 38TB of sensitive data due to misconfigured storage on GitHub

    By Karlston, September 18, 2023   

    • microsoft
    • data leak
    • 1 comment
    • 1,858 views
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    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • September 19, 2023

17. VPN by Google One is shutting down on June 20

    By Karlston, May 16, 2024   

    • google
    • vpn
    • (and 1 more)

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      • google
      • vpn
      • shutdown
    • 0 comments
    • 1,084 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 16, 2024

18. Microsoft completes EU Data Boundary solution

    By Karlston, February 27, 2025   

    • microsoft
    • eu
    • 0 comments
    • 1,052 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 27, 2025

19. [US] Kaspersky users suddenly finding "UltraAV" automatically installed on their PC, here's why

    By Karlston, September 23, 2024   

    • kaspersky
    • united states
    • 1 comment
    • 2,033 views
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    • Comment by lurch234
    • September 23, 2024

20. UltraAV says Kaspersky users were moved over for their own good and they knew it was coming

    By Karlston, September 25, 2024   

    • kaspersky
    • 0 comments
    • 1,335 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 25, 2024

21. Pakistan degrades access to Wikipedia and threatens to block it over "sacrilegious" content

    By aum, February 2, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 955 views
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    • Added by aum
    • February 2, 2023

22. GDS: Microsoft, Intel confirm "Downfall" of 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th Gen CPUs, firmware out

    By Karlston, August 23, 2023   

    • microsoft
    • intel
    • 0 comments
    • 1,745 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 23, 2023

23. Microsoft reminds customers that they have complete control over their data

    By Karlston, January 28   

    • microsoft
    • privacy
    • 1 comment
    • 236 views
    • 
    • Comment by The Boca Deb
    • January 29

24. US puts $10 million bounty on Russian hacker's head

    By aum, May 17, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,118 views
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    • Added by aum
    • May 17, 2023

25. New ransomware strain exploits Windows search tool Everything

    By alf9872000, January 27, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,185 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • January 27, 2023